type

Survival, Adventure, Deck-Building, Mythology, Solo and Co-op

time/player

1 hour per Chapter, 30+ hours in total

players

1-4

Tainted Grail: the Fall of Avalon is an unforgettable, solo or cooperative adventure experience for 1-4 players. Blending Arthurian legends and Celtic mythology with a unique vision, it allows you to impact the game world in deep and meaningful ways.

Explore

Journey through a grim land based on Arthurian legends and Celtic mythology, exploring its daunting secrets. Your decisions will shape both your adventure and the game world around you, as each Act is set apart by many years, revealing the long-term consequences of your actions.

Decide

A deep, branching storyline allows you to tackle problems in diﬀerent ways, ensuring no two games play alike. Difficult decisions or harrowing choices wait behind every corner and seemingly minor tasks may reverberate with major long-term consequences.

Survive

In a land slowly sinking into the Wyrdness and torn apart by conﬂict, surviving each day is a challenge on its own. Starvation, sickness, violent weather and random incidents all conspire to end your journey. Guardian Menhirs, that ensured safe travel throughout the realm, are slowly going dark, turning simple logistics into an involving puzzle.

Develop

To overcome these challenges, your character develops along several conﬂicting lines, such as Brutality/ Empathy or Practicality / Spirituality. Tese traits unlock a rich choice of mutually exclusive skills, and lead to diﬀerent deck-building strategies, making character advancement meaningful and deep.

Fight and Negotiate

Te character you develop is going to be tested during dozens of combat and non-combat encounters. Sometimes you will need to brute force your way, but often diplomacy might be a better option.

Regardless whether you fight with your strength or your wits, our unique dice-less encounter system makes resolving each conﬂict fun and exciting, while keeping you immersed in the game.

Immerse Yourself in a Myth

In Avalon, there’s a legend waiting behind every stone and every tree. All locations have their own, rich stories and secrets to discover. Places and characters are otfen much more than they seem.

Feel a Thrill of Discovery

As you slowly put all the pieces of the larger puzzle together, this this land will always have a surprise waiting for you just around the corner. Many secrets can be discovered only after several games.

Created to Push Boundaries

Created by one of the best polish fantasy authors, Krzysztof Piskorski, the story of Tainted Grail: the Fall of Avalon aims to push the boundaries of non-linear narrative, building upon the rich experience Awaken Realms has in fusing ambitious stories with excellent board game mechanics and striking visuals.